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818665

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether she plans to support the charity Theirworld's #RewritingTheCode campaign on attitudes and behaviours that prevent girls and women from succeeding and leading.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	121429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>We welcome any action that supports girls and women to succeed and lead and therefore applaud TheirWorld's campaign. DFID is committed to challenging and changing the negative attitudes and discriminatory practices that hold women and girls back throughout their lives. UKaid funded programmes have secured pledges from more than 8 million people to abandon female genital mutilation and have reached over 750,000 girls at risk of child marriage. UKaid also supports women and girls to achieve their full potential through education, supporting more than 5.3 million girls in school and helping over 36 million women access financial services.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/01/2018 17:48:41 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

816761

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the National Education Union report on Sexism in schools published in December 2017, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the relationships and sex education curriculum is designed to prevent sexism and sexual harassment among children and young people at all key stages.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	121188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>On 14 December 2017 the Department published advice for schools on how to prevent and respond to reports of sexual violence and sexual harassment between children: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sexual-violence-and-sexual-harassment-between-children-in-schools-and-colleges" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sexual-violence-and-sexual-harassment-between-children-in-schools-and-colleges</a>.</p><p>The Department wants to ensure that all pupils gain the knowledge and skills they need to keep themselves safe and develop healthy, respectful and positive relationships for adult life in modern Britain. The Department is actively engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to develop the regulations and guidance on Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education; and we launched two calls for evidence on 19 December, one for adults and one for young people, to seek views on the curriculum content for these subjects. The calls for evidence close on 12 February and can be accessed via this link: <a href="https://consult.education.gov.uk/life-skills/pshe-rse-call-for-evidence/" target="_blank">https://consult.education.gov.uk/life-skills/pshe-rse-call-for-evidence/</a>.</p><p>We envisage draft regulations and the guidance will be published for consultation later this year. The regulations will then be laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/01/2018 17:02:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

808868

registered interest
date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to support providers of childcare who find themselves in financial difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	119977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2017 answer text <p>The department is making a record investment in childcare, by 2020 spending around £6 billion per year, investing £1 billion a year to deliver 30 hours of free childcare and increasing our hourly funding rates.</p><p> </p><p>The department has awarded grants to the National Day Nurseries Association and the Professional Association of Childcare and Early Years to develop new business sustainability resources for childcare providers, which are available online at <a href="https://www.earlyyearsbusinesszone.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.earlyyearsbusinesszone.org.uk/</a> and <a href="https://www.pacey.org.uk/business/" target="_blank">https://www.pacey.org.uk/business/</a> and has made a further package of support materials available, which can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-business-sustainability" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/early-years-business-sustainability</a>.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/12/2017 14:28:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

806481

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs uses fully automated processes to (a) calculate under or overpayments of tax and (b) notify taxpayers of such under or overpayments of tax..
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	119557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>At the end of each tax year HMRC reconciles the PAYE accounts of individual customers who are outside Self-Assessment. This exercise is called End of Year Reconciliation. Information used includes the final pay and tax deductions for the year as reported by employers, alongside taxable benefits and any additional income/benefits supplied by the individual customer. In addition, HMRC carries out assurance checks to ensure that the calculation is correct. Some re-calculations may be necessary if the position has changed, for example, due to further changes to income, expenses claims, or benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 119558 question first answered 20/12/2017 16:28:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

806482

registered interest
date	14/12/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Collection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Revenue and Customs has sent any inaccurate notifications of under or over payments of tax due to the use of fully automated processes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	119558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>At the end of each tax year HMRC reconciles the PAYE accounts of individual customers who are outside Self-Assessment. This exercise is called End of Year Reconciliation. Information used includes the final pay and tax deductions for the year as reported by employers, alongside taxable benefits and any additional income/benefits supplied by the individual customer. In addition, HMRC carries out assurance checks to ensure that the calculation is correct. Some re-calculations may be necessary if the position has changed, for example, due to further changes to income, expenses claims, or benefits.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 119557 question first answered 20/12/2017 16:28:46 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

790097

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health and Employers Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps are being taken to implement the recommendations of the Stevenson/Farmer review and the core and enhanced standards in public life.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	113302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister welcomed the Stevenson/Farmer review, and has accepted the recommendations that apply to the Civil Service and NHS England as employers. The Government will support and encourage the wider public sector in taking forward the recommendations wherever possible.</p><p> </p><p>It is our hope that responsible employers will choose to adopt the mental health core standards and improve their workplace environment, with recommendations for trade bodies, regulators and Government supporting them in making this happen.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will respond to the full review as a part of our response to the consultation on the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper. We plan to publish this later this year.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/11/2017 12:49:03 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

790098

registered interest
date	15/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Organs: Donors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on bringing forward proposals to change England's organ donation system from opt in to opt out.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	113303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2017 answer text <p>As announced by my Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 4 October 2017, the Government will launch a full consultation before the end of this year, on increasing rates of organ donation, including a new “opt out” system of consent for England. The consultation will seek views on:</p><p>- How to increase rates of organ donation, particularly from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities;</p><p>- How the issue of consent should be managed within the National Health Service;</p><p>- How technology could help people to discuss their preferences with family; and</p><p>- How opt out could work in practice, the safeguards needed and how families could be supported.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 24/11/2017 12:44:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

782141

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that non-UK NHS staff do not leave the NHS when the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	110759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department values highly the enormous contribution made by all staff working across the health and care sectors, including those from other European countries and elsewhere in the world.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to monitor closely the overall staffing levels across the National Health Service and social care. We are also working across Government to ensure there will continue to be a sufficient number of staff to deliver the high quality services on which patients rely following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has been very clear that EU citizens living lawfully in the UK at the point when the UK leaves the EU will be allowed to stay.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 08/11/2017 10:58:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

776078

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Meningitis: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason there has been no public communication on the delay to the cost effectiveness methodology for the immunisation programme and procurement process for the meningitis B vaccine for children who are more than two years old.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	109025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The report of the Cost Effectiveness Methodology for Immunisation Programmes and Procurements (CEMIPP) review was submitted to the Department in July 2016. This report is about immunisation methodology in general and not Meningitis B vaccination specifically. It is a technically complex report that could have implications beyond immunisation. The then Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation (Nicola Blackwood), therefore referred it to the Appraisal Alignment Working Group (AAWG) for advice and this is due later in the year. There has been no public communication because there has been no delay, the AAWG are still due to give their views to ministers later in the year.</p><p> </p><p>It is important not to pre-empt the AAWG’s considerations but to give them the time they need to consider the CEMIPP report and reflect on subsequent research. The Department will consider the CEMIPP report alongside the AAWG advice and remains committed to publishing the CEMIPP report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/10/2017 12:33:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

776079

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Personal Records
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children's personal confidential identifying data from the national pupil database was given to journalists working for the Telegraph in 2013; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	109065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department may legally share data from the National Pupil Database with third parties, using powers set out in Section 537A of the Education Act 1997 and the Education (Individual Pupil Information) (Prescribed Persons) (England) Regulations 2009. Organisations requesting access under those powers must show how it will be used to promote pupils' education, through evidence or research.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the approvals process, officials, including legal experts and senior civil servants with data expertise, assess the application for public benefit, proportionality (ensuring the minimum amount of data is used to meet the purpose), legal underpinning, and that the strict information security standards we enforce have been satisfied.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the request by the Daily Telegraph was to provide more detailed information for parents about the relative achievements of different schools in a range of subjects for different types of pupils. This request did not contain any data items that are sensitive or have potential to allow children to be identified. It did not contain key identifiers of name, address, postcode, date of birth or reference numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The purpose of the request from BBC Newsnight was to assess progress in reducing geographical, social and economic disparities in education performance. This request contained some sensitive data items (language, ethnicity, primary special educational needs type, and indicators of looked after status or service child status). It did not contain key identifiers of name, address, postcode, date of birth or reference numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not maintain records of the number of children included in historic data extracts.</p><p><strong><br /> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 31/10/2017 18:01:30 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones